Oiler.



JULES HALTEN'BEJGER, DI' JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

oILEn.

Specification of Letters l'atent.V

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.y

Application led Aprill 7, 1917'. Serial No. 160,398. i

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JULES HALTEN BERGER,

a citizen of Hungary, residing at Jackson, lin the county of Jackson andState of Michi-- gan, have invented. a new und useful Oiler,

of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of rny invention to provide a better splash.circulation of oil in the crank cases of internal combustion engines,

and especially to produce a movement of the oil longitudinally of thecrank case by the splash action.

In certain types of internal combustion engines, the oil is picked upfrom one end of the casing and carried therefrom auto inatically to theother end oi the casing, and allowed toind its way back as loes?J it canfrom the latter end of the casing to the former end, As a result., thecylinders toward one end of the casing-the one to 4which the oil isautomatically carriedilhave an excess of oil, resulting `incarboniization and consequent loss ofpower, While lthe cylinders towardthe other end of the .lsingf farev insufliciently supplied with oil.,'resulting in lack of lubrication with its con sequent loss of power.

In attainingthe object of my invention. I provide splashers on the lowerends of '31! .fthe connectingF rods which connect the cranks of thecrank shaft to the pistons, which splashers dip into .the oil in thebottomf of the crank case as the crank shaft is rotated and are skewedsol as to throw the oil lengthwise of the crank shaft; in combinationwith means for automatically feedingthe oil from that endof the crankcase toward which such splashers throw the oil to theother' 'end of the'crank case.

The accompanying drawing illustrates in irinvention; y igure lis a sideelevation'of an engine equipped with my invention, with the crank casepartly in section to show the crank shaft connecting rods, a'nd'oilsplasher's; Fig., 2 is an elevation on a larger scale of the lower endof'a connecting rod equipped withmy oil splasher; Fig, 3 isalso anelevation of the lower end-of such'connecting rod, buttaken from a Viewpointv atn'ght angles from that from which Fig. 2 is taken.; Fig'. 4 isa bottom. view of such connecting'rod; and Fig. 5 is a plan of a blankfrom4 which the oil splasher 'is made;

. The vengine` 10 is shown with four cylinders 11, 12, 13, and` 14, inwhich are pistons which are connected by connecting rods 15 to the fourcranks on the usual crank shaft 16, the crank shaft and connecting rodsbeing located .Within the usual crank case 17 60 which has oil pockets18 in the plane of each of the connecting rods for the pistons in thecylinders 11, 12, and 13, though ordinaz-ily no such oil pocket isprovided in the plane of ,the connecting rod for the piston in. thecylinder 14. A@ the rear end (the left in Fig. l) the crank case 17 isprovided with au enlargement 19 in which may be the usual transmissionmech anism.. The bottom of this enlargementlQ furnishes the inaiiv'looil reservoir 20, from which oil is lifted.

in any' suitable or usual manner into a pipe 21v which is turned up andenlarged at its rear end to receive the oil and slopes downward towardthe front so as to convey the 7b oil so received to and discharge itinto the front end of the casing 17. All this is standard construction.

Attached to the lower end of leach connecting rod 15 for the pistons inthe cylin- 80 ders l1. 12 and 13 is my skewed splasher This splasher ismade from a blank 26 of the form Shown vin Fig. si, having were holes27'for the reception of the bolts which hold together the twol halves ofthe head oi the connecting rod 15, and this blank is doubled on itselfalong the line 29 and then bent at right angles in the oppositedirection along the line 30. thus proriding a base portion 31 whichis'clamped 90 between main and supplemental nuts' 32 and 33 on thebolts. 28 and a splasher portion 34A which extendsuat right angles tothe base portion 31 and is at an oblique angle tothe 15. as clearfroln2, 3, and 4.

When ,the engine' is in operation,j oil is (oriright hand) end of thecrank case 17 lthrough; the pipe 21, and'gat'hersin the oi l ;pocketl`18 under the cylinder 100 plane of movement of the connecting rod 9511.. vThe skewedsplasher portion 34 of the splasher --25 on theconnecting rodfor the piston in 'the-cylinder 11 dips intothis oilpocket 18 and splashes theol both. through the crank casev andlengthwise thereofjtol werdt-he next pocket' 18` under the-cylinder 12.Thev splasher on the connecting rod for the piston in this cylinder '12vsplashes the oil from the second pocket 18 through theI crank case andtoward the third pocket- 18, 110 under the cylinder 13; and the splasheron the connecting 4for the piston in the cylinder 13 splashes the oilfrom the third;

4or a lark oi lubrication in the cylinders ton'ard the rear.

ln order to prevent the nuts 32 `and 33 't "om becoming loose, one ormore corners o llurbase portion 3l of the oil splasher "Ji, may be bentup as shown on the lines 35, to provide lock nut tabs for the nuts 33.

l clai'ln as my invention:

l. In combination, a multiple cylinder en gine having cyliiulers,pistons, a crank shaft, connecting rods connecting the crank shafts andpistons, and a crank ease, said crank ease having oil pockets in. itsbottom in thc planes of connecting rods, and skewed splashers on theends of the :onnecting rods` for dipping into said pockets and splashingoil therefroni longitudinally ot`- the crank case.J

2. ln continuation, a multiple cylinder engine having cylinders, pistons, a crank shaft, connecting rods connecting the crank shafts andpistons. and a crank case, and skewed splashe'rson the ends of theconnecting rods for splashing oil longitudinally of the crank case.

.ln combination. a crank shaft. a crank ease in which .said crank shaftoperates, connecting rods attached to Said crank shaft,

l and skewed splashers on the end of said connecting rods for dippinginto o.A in the bottom of the crank case, and splashing itlongitaulinally thereof.

l. ln combination, a crank shaft, a crank ease inV which said crankshaft is mounted, and a sken'ed splasher rotatable with a crank of saidcrank shaft for dipping into oil in the bottoni of the crank case andsplashing it longitudinally thereof. l

In combination, a crank shaft, a crank case in which such crank Shaft is1nountcd,a, connecting rod mounted on a crank of said crank shaft, and askewed splasher xed on the end of said connecting rod for dippinrr intooil inthe bottom of the crank case an splashing it lengthwise of thecrank case.

6. As an article of manufacture, an oil splasher comprising a basemember arranged for attachment to a connecting rod, and a skewedsplasher portion in a plane transf l verse to that of the base portion.

7. As an article of manufacture, a sheet metal oil. splasher, comprisinga base portion provided with two bolt holes at the ends, a triangularportion doubled back on the ti rst portion, and a splasher portion benttransversely to said doubled-back portion and oblique to the line of thebolt holes.

8. As an article of manufacture, a sheet metal oil splasher,comprising'a base portion provided with tn'o bolt holes at the ends. anda splashcr portion bent from. the base portion in a plane transverse tothat of the base portion and oblique to the line of the bolt holes.

f). In combilnition, a multiple Cylinder engine having cylinders,pistons, a crank shaft, connecting rods connecting the crank shafts andpistons, and a. crank case, said crank ease having oil pockets in itsbottom in the 'ilanes of connecting rods skewed s lashers I i 7 on the'endsmf the connecting rods for dipping into said pocketsl and splashingoil therefrom longitudinally of the crank case toward one end thereof,and means for autoniaticallyv feedingsaid oil toward the other end ofthe crank case.

10. In combination, a multiple cylinder engine having cylinders,pistons, a crank shaft, connecting rods connecting the crank shafts andpistons, and a crank case, and skewed splashers on the ends of theconnecting' rodsfor splashing'oil longitudinally of the -crank casetoward one end thereof, and means for automatically feeding said oiltoward the otheren'd of the crank case.

Iii-witness whereof, 44I have hereunto set my hand atY Jackson,Michigan, this vthird day of April, A. D. one thou-sand nine hundred andseventeen.

JULES HALTENBERGER.

